saccule of membranous labyrinth
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001854
The smaller of the two otolith organs in the vestibule. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-8036-0655-9&isbn=1/ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MP:0006089 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccule http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15363417 ]
Synonyms: saccule, membranous labyrinth saccule, sacculus (labyrinthus vestibularis), sacculus
Term info
- TAO:0000428
- MA:0000246
- BTO:0001805
- ZFA:0000428
- SCTID:279827000
- Wikipedia:Saccule
- EV:0100369
- EHDAA2:0001769
- FMA:61116
- XAO:0000196
- EHDAA:4712
- VHOG:0000374
- UMLS:C0036029 (ncithesaurus:Saccule)
- AAO:0000550
- NCIT:C33503
- EMAPA:17290
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
The most ventral chamber of the membranous labyrinth. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-25, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG]
In gnathostomes, each membranous labyrinth has three semicircular ducts that connect with a chamber known as the utriculus. (...) In all gnathostomes, the utriculus connects ventrally with a larger sac, called the sacculus (...) .[well established][VHOG]
XAO/AAO to be checked - see https://github.com/seger/aao/issues/5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bigotolith.jpg
sacculus
uberon
UBERON:0001854
Saccule of membranous labyrinth